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Shots fired incident draws heavy police response in North Vancouver

A North Vancouver senior is facing charges after allegedly firing a shotgun “in the direction” of a passing pleasure boat in the Burrard Inlet.
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A North Vancouver senior is facing charges after allegedly firing a shotgun “in the direction” of a passing pleasure boat in the Burrard Inlet.

North Vancouver RCMP received a call alerting them to the shots being fired from a home on the 3000-block of Dollarton Highway just before 4:45 p.m. on Saturday. The 9-1-1 call came from someone aboard the boat.

“Fortunately nobody was hurt in this potentially very serious incident,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “Pellets were heard in the vicinity of the boat.”

The incident triggered a massive police response in the otherwise quiet neighbourhood, including the heavily armed RCMP Emergency Response Team.

At the scene, police arrested the lone male in the home, 68-year-old Herbert George, and seized all the guns in the home. He now faces two charges of careless use or storage of a firearm and one count of reckless discharge of a firearm.

George has since been released on bail, which includes the condition that he not possess any firearms or imitation firearms.

De Jong could not say what sparked the incident. “We’re taking statements from neighbours and a statement from himself, of course.”

George isn’t known to police. He’s due back in court on May 20.